SRA offers comprehensive end-to-end solutions on database technologies. It serves as a one stop shop for services in open source databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Ingres to include implementation, migration, integration and support.It also has good experience in connected technologies such as ODBC, JDBC. Our open source database services include

Postgre SQl Database services

	Postgre SQL auditing, consulting, architecture and design
	Database configuration, deployment and implementation
	Postgres based application design, development and enhancements
	Migration from proprietary databases to Postgre SQL databases
	PostgreSQl training and certification
	PostgreSQL : System administration, performance tuning and optimization services

Open Source Database services:

	Enterprise database design and architecture
	Database Integration
	Database performance tuning and optimization
	Database migrations and conversion
	Database HA & clustering
	Database systems testing
	Remote / Onsite database administration

Key features of Postgre SQL:

	ANSI-SQL 99-Standard compliant
	Interfaces for TCL, Perl, C, C++, PHP,ODBC, JDBC, Embedded SQL in C, Python, Ruby
	GUI administration tool: pgAdmin, pgAccess, phpPgAdmin
	Rules, Triggers, Union, Intersect, EXCEPT queries, Replication
	Procedural languages PL/pg SQL, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Tcl and others
	Fully ACID compliant, serializable transactions
	Unicode and locale support
	Cross-database compatibility functions
	Loadable extensions offering full text search, XML and GIS
	SSL support and Kerberos authentication
	Hot stand by, replication
	Inheritance, sequences outer joins, sub selects, referential integrity, views

Advantages:

	Good support: SRA provides comprehensive support and maintenance on PostgreSQL. In addition Postgres has a large and vibrant community of professionals who are available to assist and help. SRA also promotes and works closely with the Postgres community.
	Cross Platform: PostgreSQL is available for a broad range of Unix flavors as well as Linux and also runs smoothly on Windows platform
	Suitable for high volume environments: Postgres utilizes multiple row data storage strategies called MVCC (multi version concurrency control) which enables it to become very responsive in high volume environments
	Stable & Reliable: PostgreSQL is a very reliable and robust database with rare occurrence of crashes
	Extensible: Postgres is the leading Open Source database available under the flexible and open BSD license. The software can be freely customized, modified and extended.